District Information

If you have any questions or concerns regarding the Tern Bay Community Development District, please fee free to contact the District Manager: James P. Ward at 954-658-4900, or by email at jimward@jpwardassociates.com.

Board of Supervisors Meetings

The Tern Bay Community Development District is a local unit of special-purpose government established pursuant to Chapter 190, Florida Statutes for the purpose of providing, operating and maintaining infrastructure improvements, facilities and services to the lands within the District.

The meetings of the Board of Supervisors are open to the public and will be conducted in accordance with the provisions of Florida Law for Community Development Districts.  

The District by and through its District Manager may cancel any meeting of the Board of Supervisors and all meetings may be continued to a date, time, and place to be specified on the record at the hearings or meeting.

You can view the District's meeting information and schedule by clicking on the following Board Meeting Information.

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Heritage Landing (Tern Bay CDD), is a gated luxury resort style community being developed by Lennar Homes in Punta Gorda, Florida, situated on the west side of Burnt Store Road just five miles south of US 41, in close proximity to Charlotte Harbor and Charlotte Harbor Preserve State Park.  Heritage Landing is a Golf and County Club.  The luxury resort style amenities for this community will be like nothing else seen in Punta Gorda.  Residents will enjoy a stunning resort style pool featuring gradual entry and lap lanes, a total of three restaurants including an outdoor pool cafe, two full service bars, tennis, pickleball, bocce ball, guard gated entry, fitness center, aerobics room, full service spa offering nails and massage and more. 

The Tern Bay Community Development District (the “District”) was created and chartered by law and established on the property by the Florida Land and Water Adjudicatory Commission (herein “FLWAC”), Chapter 42VV-1, effective September 15, 2004. The District encompasses a total of approximately 1,778.78 acres +/-.  FLWAC consists of the Administration Commission (Governor and members of the Cabinet).  FLWAC was created pursuant to section 380.07, Florida Statutes, and is charged with implementing numerous statutory responsibilities, including the establishment of a community development district, that is 2,500 acres or more in size.  At the time of formation of the District, the threshold was 1,000 acres or more. 

About the Districts

What's New

Community Updates

Litorral Shelf Plantings

Florida is famous for its beautiful wetlands, but these nautral treasures are always threatened by hundreds of different factors, from composition of ottom sediments to features in landscapes. The area where these environments meet provides valuable insight about the health and diversity of an aquatic ecosystem, and our Community. 

As you may have noticed, the District is planting littoral zones in the down sloping area of a lake that generally stretches from the high watermark to the shore and into the area where sunlight will penetrate through the sediments at the bottom of a waterbody. These healthy littoral zone materials are benficial plants that grow in Florida often and feature purple, white, yellow or blue flowers that usually bloom most of the year in Florida.  These plants include Golden Canna, Pickerelweed, Southern Blue Flag Iris and Fragrant Water Lily.   

Littoral zones support native plants and aquatic life, simply because Florida's aquatic species are so diverse and our waterbodies tend to provide more nutrients to the native wildlife that are key to maintaining cover and habitat. These littorals also supply food to the lakes and lake fish, local plants help maintain balanced levels of oxygen and other key elements.  

Littoral Zone Maintenance

These Littoral zones transition from dry land to an aquatic environment, that responds will to natural and human influences and activities, and because of the importance of this interaction, these littoral shelves often positively impact the influence the Community has on these lakes, and underscores the importance of littoral zones and littoral shelf maintenance for the health of our ponds.   

If any residents have questions, please contact James P. Ward, District Manager, either by phone: 954.658.4900 or by email: jimward@jpwardassociates.com.  

The pictures below are typical use of littoral plants in a water management system.


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The Tern Bay CDD has scheduled a community-wide pressure washing project to clean the sidewalks/walkways, curbing, street drains, and pavers located throughout the common areas of the community maintained by Tern Bay CDD.

Work will begin on October 13th and is anticipated to take 2-3 weeks, weather permitting. During this time, some sidewalks may be temporarily closed. Cones and signage will be placed to help direct pedestrian traffic, and residents may be asked to detour to alternate sidewalks.

Once an area has been pressure washed, a biological treatment will be applied to remediate areas impacted by mold. This treatment may cause temporary staining, but the discoloration should dissipate within 2–3 days.

The property will be completed in two phases. Please read the information provided under What's New; Community-Wide Pressure Washing Project which contains a map showing the red and blue sections that outline the scheduled work areas with the red area being impacted first.

We appreciate your cooperation and patience as we complete this important project to improve the appearance and safety of our community.

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The District has executed a new contract with the USDA for feral hog trapping, effective October 1, 2025. 

The USDA’s scope of services includes the use of live-capture traps, trail cameras, night vision, thermal imagers, and suppressed firearms. 

Two traps will remain on property at all times, with the option to increase up to five traps depending on activity. Hog populations tend to follow seasonal patterns, so trap deployment will be adjusted accordingly. CDD staff will continue to support these efforts to mitigate ongoing feral hog impacts in the Community.

As a reminder, our community is surrounded by conservation areas owned by the CDD, Charlotte County, and the State. The hogs roam these areas in search of food. 

Thank you for your continued cooperation and support.